Editing LiveJournal (section)

===Founding and eventual sale to Six Apart===
{{Expand section|1=LiveJournal's history prior to 2005|date=May 2014}}
[[File:Brad Fitzpatrick by Anton Nossik cropped.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Brad Fitzpatrick]]]]
LiveJournal's parent company, Danga Interactive, was formed and held entirely by Brad Fitzpatrick.
He sold the company to Six Apart in 2005. Rumors of the impending sale were first reported by [[Business 2.0]] [[journalist]] [[Om Malik]] in January, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2005/01/04/six-apart-to-buy-live-journal/|title=Six Apart to buy Live Journal|first=Om|last=Malik|date=January 4, 2005|website=gigaom.com|access-date=December 20, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203233813/https://gigaom.com/2005/01/04/six-apart-to-buy-live-journal/|url-status=live}}</ref> Fitzpatrick confirmed the sale, and insisted the site's core principles would not be discarded by the new ownership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.livejournal.com/82926.html |title=Confirmation of Sale in LiveJournal News |publisher=News.livejournal.com |access-date=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530150815/http://news.livejournal.com/82926.html |archive-date=2010-05-30 }}</ref>

In August 2007, Fitzpatrick left to work for [[Google]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php |title=Brad Fitzpatrick: LiveJournal creator leaves as Six Apart fails to spin |publisher=Valleywag.com |date=2007-08-06 |access-date=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013043244/http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php |archive-date=2007-10-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/08/07/261770 |title=CNews: Live Journal creator leaves for Google |publisher=Eng.cnews.ru |access-date=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615082705/http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F08%2F07%2F261770 |archive-date=2011-06-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfitz |title=Brad Fitzpatrick |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=2010-03-29 |archive-date=2010-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316215517/http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfitz |url-status=live }}</ref> He continued to serve on the advisory board of LiveJournal, Inc until it was retired in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/lj_2008/3384.html |title=We have LiveJournal Advisory Board members to announce! |date=2002-08-28 |access-date=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328030045/http://community.livejournal.com/lj_2008/3384.html |archive-date=2008-03-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/lj_advisory/1840.html |title=Our heartfelt thanks to the LiveJournal Advisory Board |date=2010-06-23 |access-date=2010-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628030216/http://community.livejournal.com/lj_advisory/1840.html |archive-date=2010-06-28 }}</ref>